The trickle-down effect: Ideology and the development of premium water networks in China's cities

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-40

  Boland, Alana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; IDEOLOGY; LIBERALIZATION; URBAN ECONOMY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33947420420     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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